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Gerbil or Stimey? Gerbil or Stimey?

I know it’s weird that I’ve identified so strongly with a gerbil that doesn’t even belong to me. But I have. Noki, I love you. Or Robert. I’m not sure which one it is that I use as my avatar. And my favicon. And whatever else I can get away with putting a tiny gerbil face on.

See, I gerbil-sit two gerbils and I can’t tell them apart. As long as there are two live gerbils when I send them back, I’m happy. Honestly, I’m not convinced that the gerbils’ person can tell them apart either.

Oh, she’ll tell you she can. But I think she’s lying.

Wait, how the hell did that happen? I am waaaaaay off track.

Anyway, the whole point of this is that I am thinking of making all of my photos and avatars—internet wide—the gerbil Noki. Or the gerbil Robert. Here is that gerbil, in avatar form:

Here is the photo I’ve been using as an avatar on blogger and technorati and various other places:

The main problem with my face as an avatar is that the gerbil is so goddamn much cuter. And if you look at his little claws, he looks vaguely threatening. Cute and vaguely threatening is a good look, I think. Quinn carries it off well.

There’s nothing threatening about my photo at all. I mean, really, look at that goofy smile. Plus I change it every few months because I can’t find one that makes me happy.

I’m leaning toward the gerbil as the Face of Internet Stimey. What do you think?

17 thoughts on “Gerbil or Stimey? Gerbil or Stimey?”

I vote gerbils because I like animal avatars. I like the mysterious of not seeing “the person” behind the words. I had a dog avatar (of the paris hilton type in a bag that I can’t spell), but replaced it because everyone thought it was my dog. Actually some mean people said I looked like that kind of dog so I figured it was a good avatar in a self-torturing way I suppose….geez I am messed up. :P

Ooooo, toughie. I like your face. I think you are cuter than a gerbil. However, I like the expressionism of the gerbil. Hey, I use “Uma” for my avatar. Do you really want the opinion of a talking hand?

I think you should mix it up, use the gerbil on some sites, and use Stimey’s likeness on others. That way, you get the fun of displaying the gerbil, but you also let some people see you. And its a bonus for your faithful readers, like they’ve got the inside track and know *both* avatars from reading you here vs elsewhere on the web.

I’m not going to lie, I love the gerbil. I had gerbils for a long time and they are strange and mischievous creatures. But I’m biased since I know you outside of the blog world and can imagine your cute face in my head whenever I please.

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Stimey believes rodents are funny, autism may be different than you think, and that if you have a choice between laughing and crying, you should always try to laugh—although sometimes you may have to do both.